Bernard de Mandeville's tropology of paradoxes : morals, politics, economics, and therapy /: morals, politics, economics, and therapy. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edmundo Balsemão Pires, Joaquim Braga, editors.
• Editors: Pires, Edmundo Balsemão; Braga, Joaquim
• Contents: Chapter 1: "Men Become Sociable by Living Together in Society": Re-assessing Mandeville's Social Theory; Malcolm Jack -- Chapter 2: Bernard de Mandeville and the Shaping of Conjectural History; Frank Palmeri -- Chapter 3: Mandeville and the Eighteenth-Century Discussions about Luxury; Edmundo Balsemão Pires -- Chapter 4: Sex, Money, and Feelings: Mandeville's Dialogue with Sentimental Drama; Laura J. Rosenthal -- Chapter 5: Humorism a Posteriori: Fables and Dialogues as a Method in Mandeville's Thought; Alessandro Chiessi -- Chapter 6: Mandeville, Pope, and Apocalypse; Peter Knox-Shaw -- Chapter 7: The Fable of the Bees: proles sine matre? Béatrice Guion -- Chapter 8: Mandeville as a Skeptical and Medical Philosopher; Rui Bertrand Romão -- Chapter 9: Is Adam Smith Heir of Bernard Mandeville? Işıl Çeşmeli -- Chapter 10: Mandeville on Pride and Animal Nature; John J. Callanan -- Chapter 11: "Remarks upon that wonderful chapter": The Controversy on Luxury between Mandeville and Dennis; Matteo Revolti -- Chapter 12: Mandeville and the Therapeutics of Melancholic Passions; Cláudio Alexandre S. Carvalho -- Chapter 13: Mandeville's Letter to Dion (1732) as an Answer to Berkeley's Alciphron (1732); Mikko Tolonen -- Chapter 14: Mandeville and the Markets: An Economic Assessment; Rogério Arthmar -- Chapter 15: Courage and Chastity in a Commercial Society: Mandeville's Point on Male and Female Honour; Andrea Branchi -- Chapter 16: Mandeville and Smith on the Problem of Moral Order; Luís Oliveira -- Chapter 17: Atheism, Religion and Society in Mandeville's Thought; Mauro Simonazzi -- Chapter 18: Simulation and Dissimulation: Mandeville's Satirical View of Commercial Society; Joaquim Braga.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 264 pages)
• Subjects: 823/.509; Philosophy; LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Science -- History; History of science; Science_xPhilosophy; History; Science -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Philosophy of science; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319193816; 3319193813
• Related ISBNs: 9783319193809; 3319193805
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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